Add Client API Required Fields

[souzadavi]

I'm building a form for free orders, everything goes fine.. But now when I created my customer in the docs said: 

https://developers.whmcs.com/api-reference/addclient/

                    'address1' => '123 Main Street', //required
                    'city' => 'Anytown', //required
                    'state' => 'State', //required
                    'postcode' => '12345', //required
                    'country' => 'US', //required

All this field is required,

My question is: why is it required? There is any work around to disable this requirements? I want to create a whmcs user only with name, email and password....

 

Thanks 🙂

 

[DennisHermannsen]

Maybe you can avoid specifying it by going to Setup > General Settings > Other and define 'Optional Client Profile Fields' to be address, city, state, country and postcode?

Haven't tried it yet.

[souzadavi]

Thanks for your attention... But I cant do it, because in paid plans I need those fields... My guess is how to be optional this required fields in API add customer....

 

Thanks 

[DennisHermannsen]

Hmm, I see that.

Maybe create the accounts with some dummy info at first, and then have your hook delete that info from the database? I don't know if that would cause any issues, but it might be the only way to achieve it if you want to run it from the same installation.

[souzadavi]

Thanks DennisMidjord this why Im asking here it, to understand why those fields is required, for me there is no clue to be required those fields...

From API I could populate with any values but this isn't the nice solution... Many other company like WIX only email and password is required... 

I think this field could be optional in API add client.... I hope some one from whmcs team give me some explanation or just remove this requirements from API add client.

Thanks 🙂

 

 

[souzadavi]

Here is a 2 years old request about this: https://requests.whmcs.com/topic/unrequired-fields-in-api without comment of whmcs team... toooo bad!!! Please whmcs team could you have a look for this little modification??

 

thanks

[souzadavi]

In the docs there is a option: 

skipvalidation

bool

Pass as true to ignore required fields validation

Just set it to true and it's possible to add customers without those required fields!!! I tried to answer in the request comments but it's already closed. So it's here for somebody like me who do not full read the docs with attention :)

[brian!]

from your Add Client API documentation link, have you tried setting skipvalidation to true ??

the implication is that setting that value to true stops the API checking if the "required" fields are present.

[souzadavi]

yes this was the solution!!!! thanks again!!!